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Ever more animals are being transported in the EU in persistently sub-standard conditions. The remedy is to enforce existing rules properly, step up inspections and impose more dissuasive penalties on offenders, say MEPs in a resolution passed on Wednesday. To avoid long journeys to abattoirs, the EU should promote the use of local ones and consider an eight-hour cap on journey times, they add.

Author/Organization: European Parliament / News

Year: 2012

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Topics: inspection and control , legislation, slaughterhouse/abattoir, welfare during transport